Bill White

Positions: First Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: January 28, 1934 in Lakewood, FL us

High School: Warren G. Harding HS (Warren, OH)

School: Hiram College (Hiram, OH)

Debut: May 7, 1956 (Age 22-100d, 11,362nd in major league history)
vs. STL 4 AB, 3 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 1969 (Age 35-239d)
vs. NYM 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1956 season

Full Name: William DeKova White

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

38.6

5972

1706

202

.286

843

RBI

870

103

OBP

.351

SLG

.456

OPS

.806

OPS+

117

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	17 (16)	May 7	NYG	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
2	18	May 8	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
3	19	May 9	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
4	20	May 11	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
5	21	May 12	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
6	22	May 13	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
7	23	May 15	NYG		CHC	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
8	24	May 16	NYG		CHC	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
9	25	May 17	NYG		MLN	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
10	26	May 19	NYG		MLN	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
11	27	May 20 (1)	NYG		STL	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
12	28	May 20 (2)	NYG		STL	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
13	29	May 21	NYG		STL	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
14	30	May 22	NYG		CIN	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
15	31	May 25	NYG		BRO	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
16	32	May 26	NYG		BRO	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
17	33	May 28	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
18	34	May 30 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	40	9.1	10	0	0	10	3	1B
19	35	May 30 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	62	15.0	10	3	0	13	1	1B
20	36	May 31	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	28	7.1	10	0	0	10	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	37	Jun 1	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
22	38	Jun 2	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
23	39	Jun 3 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
24	40	Jun 3 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	8	3	0	11	2	1B
25	41	Jun 4	NYG	@	STL	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
26	42	Jun 5	NYG	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
27	43	Jun 6	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	39	10.1	11	3	0	14	3	1B
28	44	Jun 8	NYG	@	MLN	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	7	0	1	8	2	1B
29	45	Jun 9	NYG	@	MLN	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
30	46	Jun 10	NYG	@	MLN	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
31	47	Jun 12	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
32	48	Jun 13	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
33	49	Jun 14	NYG	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
34	50	Jun 15	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	10	3	0	13	0	1B
35	51	Jun 16	NYG		CIN	L,1-3	CG	42	11.0	12	3	1	16	1	1B
36	52	Jun 17 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	1B
37	53	Jun 17 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
38	54	Jun 19	NYG		CHC	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
39	55	Jun 20	NYG		CHC	W,4-1	GS	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B LF
40	56	Jun 22	NYG		MLN	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
41	57	Jun 23	NYG		MLN	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
42	58	Jun 24 (1)	NYG		MLN	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	14	1	0	15	1
43	59	Jun 24 (2)	NYG		MLN	L,1-7	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
44	60	Jun 26	NYG		STL	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
45	61	Jun 27	NYG		STL	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
46	62	Jun 28	NYG		BRO	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
47	63	Jun 29	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
48	64	Jun 30	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	14	3	0	17	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	65	Jul 1 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
50	66	Jul 1 susp	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-6	GS	39	9.0	11	1	1	13	0	1B RF
51	67	Jul 2	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
52	68	Jul 4 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,2-15	CG	58	9.0	7	2	1	10	0	1B
53	69	Jul 4 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
54	70	Jul 7	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
55	71	Jul 8 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	1B
56	72	Jul 8 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
57	73	Jul 12	NYG	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
58	74	Jul 13	NYG	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
59	75	Jul 14	NYG	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
60	76	Jul 15 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	45	9.1	10	1	0	11	1	1B
61	77	Jul 15 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	43	10.1	9	0	0	9	0	1B
62	78	Jul 16	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
63	79	Jul 17	NYG	@	MLN	W,8-6	CG	0	11.0	9	0	0	9	2
64	80	Jul 18	NYG	@	MLN	L,3-7	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
65	81	Jul 19	NYG	@	MLN	L,3-13	CG	42	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
66	82	Jul 20	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
67	83	Jul 22 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
68	84	Jul 22 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
69	85	Jul 24	NYG		MLN	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
70	86	Jul 25	NYG		MLN	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
71	87	Jul 26	NYG		MLN	L,0-11	CG	45	9.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
72	88	Jul 27	NYG		STL	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
73	89	Jul 28	NYG		STL	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	12	3	0	15	1	1B
74	90	Jul 29	NYG		STL	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
75	91	Jul 31 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
76	92	Jul 31 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	93	Aug 1	NYG		CIN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	16	1	0	17	0	1B
78	94	Aug 2	NYG		CIN	L,2-10	CG	48	9.0	14	3	0	17	0	1B
79	95	Aug 3 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
80	96	Aug 3 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
81	97	Aug 4	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	3
82	98	Aug 7 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
83	99	Aug 7 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,1-3	CG	42	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
84	100	Aug 8	NYG		PHI	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
85	101	Aug 9	NYG		PHI	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
86	102	Aug 10	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
87	103	Aug 11	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	12	1	2	15	1
88	104	Aug 12 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
89	105	Aug 12 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-11	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
90	106	Aug 14	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
91	107	Aug 15	NYG	@	BRO	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
92	108	Aug 16	NYG	@	BRO	L,9-10	CG	57	12.1	10	3	0	13	1	1B
93	109	Aug 17	NYG		PIT	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
94	110	Aug 18	NYG		PIT	L,1-9	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
95	111	Aug 19 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
96	112	Aug 19 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
97	113	Aug 21 (1)	NYG	@	MLN	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
98	114	Aug 21 (2)	NYG	@	MLN	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
99	115	Aug 22	NYG	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
100	116	Aug 23 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
101	117	Aug 23 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-5	CG	30	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
102	118	Aug 24	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	50	11.0	15	0	0	15	2	1B
103	119	Aug 25	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
104	120	Aug 26 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	7	1	1	9	0	1B
105	121	Aug 26 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
106	122	Aug 28	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-11	CG	45	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
107	123	Aug 29	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
108	124	Aug 31	NYG		BRO	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	125	Sep 1 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
110	126	Sep 1 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,0-5	CG	35	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
111	127	Sep 2 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
112	128	Sep 2 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
113	129	Sep 3 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
114	130	Sep 3 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
115	131	Sep 4	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
116	132	Sep 5	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	46	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
117	133	Sep 7 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
118	134	Sep 7 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	43	10.2	10	2	0	12	0	1B
119	135	Sep 8	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
120	136	Sep 9	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
121	137	Sep 11	NYG		CIN	L,5-11	CG	47	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
122	138	Sep 12	NYG		CIN	W,8-0	CG	29	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
123	139	Sep 13	NYG		STL	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
124	140	Sep 14	NYG		STL	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
125	141	Sep 15	NYG		STL	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
126	142	Sep 17 (1)	NYG		MLN	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
127	143	Sep 17 (2)	NYG		MLN	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
128	144	Sep 18 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
129	145	Sep 18 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
130	146	Sep 19 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
131	147	Sep 19 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
132	148	Sep 21	NYG		PHI	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
133	149	Sep 22	NYG		PHI	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
134	150	Sep 23	NYG		PHI	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
135	151	Sep 25	NYG		PIT	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
136	152	Sep 29	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
137	153	Sep 30 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
138	154	Sep 30 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
							140gm		1226.2	1256	111	15	1382	106